You can use enumerate()
:
for count, line in enumerate(lines):
#do something here
enumerate()
also accepts an optional second parameter start
, you can use that to specify the start value of count
. Default value of start
is 0.
help on enumerate
:
>>> help(enumerate)
| enumerate(iterable[, start]) -> iterator for index, value of iterable
|
| Return an enumerate object. iterable must be another object that supports
| iteration. The enumerate object yields pairs containing a count (from
| start, which defaults to zero) and a value yielded by the iterable argument.
| enumerate is useful for obtaining an indexed list:
| (0, seq[0]), (1, seq[1]), (2, seq[2]), ...